Andros Townsend has West Brom scrambling as he drifts in-field and to the edge of the area. The ball comes lose to the winger and he slashes a swirling shot wide.

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Corner for West Brom is swung in by Craig Gardner and Palace make a meal of it before clearing to the edge of the area.

Claudio Yacob meets it and hits his effort over the bar - still just the one goal in 111 league games for the Argentine.

Palace's Jason Puncheon hits a left-footed swinger from 20 yards - straight at Ben Foster.

Tony Brown
Former West Brom striker on BBC WM 95.6

That was the best opening in the game for either side for Wilfried Zaha, one-on-one brilliant save from Ben Foster to stop Zaha, he spread himself and stayed alert to block again. 

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If there were 22 Lee Chung-Yong's on the pitch today, I'd be a delighted man.

The South Korean jinks and jives on the left side of the area and dinks in a back-post cross that Joel Ward can't quite reach.

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Normal service is resumed as Connor Wickham hits a 25-yard free-kick into the roof of Selhurst Park.

Two great saves in fact.

Palace's Wilfried Zaha is released by the best player on the park, Lee Chung-yong, and Ben Foster is big and quick to make the save and then up on his feet to deny the rebound too from Zaha.

It's the best moment of the game.

In the most dizzying moment of the game, Albion defender Jonny Evans finds himself marauding down the left wing.

His cross is too long.

Here we go. All is forgotten from that first 45 minutes boys. Let's have a stormer, eh?

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Amid the mediocrity, this fella has been decent.

Lee Chung-yong has been tidy on the ball for Palace, dropping into space behind striker Connor Wickham and popping the ball around nicely - 83.3% of his 24 passes have found a team-mate.

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This is the moment the teams exited the tunnel for the start of an exciting new chapter.

You've missed nothing since.

Here are some numbers that tell you things about the game.

None of them tell you how dull it has been.

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Forty-five minutes of end-to-end, goal-mouth action... has possibly occurred in a game somewhere in the country.

Not here though.

The sun's shining however, so, you know. Happy days.

Andros Townsend crosses. It goes long and out for a West Brom goal kick.

I'm not going to pretend that it was anything but a moment that truly sums up this game by using exciting language.

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Hmm. It's the kind of game that makes you think we should reboot the season all over again, 40 minutes into it.

Albion have a chance though, as Salomon Rondon nods wide a Craig Gardner corner.

Down the other end Wilfried Zaha wakes from his slumber to twirl his way down the left, but the cross deflects into Ben Foster's hands.

Dion Dublin
Former Leicester and Aston Villa forward on Final Score

Both teams are getting into the final third and then thinking 'what shall we do?' It falls apart for both teams. It's very much like a basketball game. You have it and then we have it.

Palace's Lee Chung-yong has been the best player on the park, in case you wanted to know.

The midfielder has just been able to wriggle into space when needed, but his team-mates have let him down when he finds them with a pass.

The South Korean turns on the left touchline and Craig Dawson scythes him down for the first booking of the game.

Corner for Palace which Jason Puncheon takes from the right, left-footed. It's low and to the near post and almost finds its way all the way through - West Brom deal with it though.